Reporting and Performance Lead
| Posting date: | 08 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,500 to £62,554 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 431821/4 |
Summary
We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.
Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading significant transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme. We are also delivering cost- effective property services such as asset management, lifecycle replacement and workplace services.
Innovation and progress underpin our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged. Our four core values are at the heart of everything we do. They shape our culture and guide how we work, lead and grow together:
- Striving for excellence- We always aim to deliver great results
- Empowering through respect- We insist on fair treatment for all, always
- Acting with integrity- We consistently do the right thing
- Succeeding together- We rely on each other to achieve success
We are committed to representing the communities we serve by making Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) part of everything we do. Our strong emphasis on EDI is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth.
We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.
GPA’s Capital Projects team delivers major construction and change projects on behalf of the Agency under 2 main programmes, the Government Hubs Programme and the Whitehall Campus Programme.
This role is integral to supporting part of the Government’s agenda to level up the regions by moving 22,000 Civil Servant roles out of London under the Places for Growth agenda. The Reporting and Performance Lead will play a key role in ensuring all those involved in delivery of Capital Projects follow the correct reporting processes to support our projects from design to operation.
Reporting and Performance Lead manages and controls reporting activities to support effective project management and decision-making, enabling the Capital Projects directorate in tracking and delivery of the GPA Business Plan objectives. They ensure timely, consistent, and accurate data collection, analysis, and reporting on project progress and delivery confidence within the GPA Capital Projects PMO, advising on progress and risks to the delivery of Business objectives. The lead drives activities to improve project performance by making recommendations to the Directorate based on reporting data and implementation of the best practice process that will lead to develop.
Key Responsibilities
Stakeholder management
Collaborates with stakeholders to establish a reporting structure and processes. Lead on establishment of a strong reporting and performance improvement culture.
Establish reporting landscape
Analyses and challenges data in reports to ensure accuracy and honesty. Ensure reporting requirements for schedule, risk, cost, change, earned value, and benefits are defined and designed to effectively present information and insights. Presents reports at relevant boards.
Risk and issue management
Ensures risks and issues to the GPA Business Plan are integral to the reporting cycle and that boards dedicate enough time to consider key risks and issues. Identify areas for improvement and lead on these to improve performance against business plan.
Change control
Implements the change control process and oversees compliance with the change request process and escalates cases of non-compliance. Supports analysis of impact of changes on Capital Projects Directorate objectives of the GPA Business Plan.
Digital and data
Responsible for data stewardship and data quality. Uses digital tools to analyse and validate data to report on project progress and delivery confidence. Uses data insights to inform governance decisions and data visualisation tools to present insights at governance boards.
Delivery and leadership
Provides visible and effective leadership in business change management and leads on reporting and performance analysis to enable effective management of the benefits and outcomes outlined in the project/ programme business cases. Develops a clear vision and standards, and champions best practice, tools, and processes. Builds strong stakeholder networks both internally and externally.
Requirements management
Leads the process of capturing stakeholder needs, assessing, defining, and justifying them to develop an agreed schedule of reporting and performance requirements against the GPA Business Plan. Collaborates with senior stakeholders and sponsors to ensure their expectations are met.
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